A nun appeared before them, her expression gentle.
"Have you run into some trouble? Do you need my help?"
Shirou nodded instinctively, but he couldn't shake the feeling that this nun looked very familiar.
Who was she, exactly?
A nun in white...
K-Kiyohime Sesshoin?
That Human Evil, that Beast?
Chapter 6: The Love Triangle Suddenly Arrives
The nun in white came into view, and Hakuno blurted out, "Fujimura Taiga!"
The nun looked at Hakuno in confusion.
Shirou was even more confused.
Fujimura Taiga was clearly that endlessly energetic girl who wore a green dress. The nun before them, despite her pure clothing and without revealing anything, exuded a distinctly feminine charm.
She absolutely had nothing to do with that tiger.
That tiger would look beautiful in a kimono, and if she kept smiling, she would be even more elegant. On the condition that she didn't open her mouth.
Kiyohime Sesshoin and Fujimura Taiga were connected—Shirou wouldn't believe something so absurd even if it killed him. Their only connection was that they were both Japanese.
"Oh my, I don't remember ever mentioning such a cute name." The nun lowered her head in puzzlement.
"My name is Kiyohime Sesshoin. I was assigned as a teacher during the preliminaries. Did I meet Hakuno there?"
Just as expected.
This person was Kiyohime Sesshoin—the woman who had once driven Heroic Spirit Emiya into a corner and nearly made him impossible to save. If Shirou hadn't desperately stalled for time at the very end, allowing King Hassan to deliver a fatal strike, Kiyohime Sesshoin might even have taken down Alaya along with everything else.
"Is this Hakuno's Servant? He's quite handsome, but why is there even a lock around his neck—?"
Sesshoin's dignified smile vanished for a moment. She covered her mouth, seemingly saddened for Shirou.